NMLP P-036856 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The Return of the King

J.R.R. Tolkien · George Allen & Unwin (London) · 1955

The copyright-page verso reads 'First published in 1955' with no later-impression notice — this, not the page-49 features, is the reliable first-impression point

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-036856 for "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036856, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).